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Mine was 60K service - equivalent to 6 years, except it's 4 years old. They want to do new brake fluid every 2 years, new pads every 6. I did neither (just had fluid renewed during the hose recall anyway, and the brakes are just not used much being an electric car with regen - confirmed by...

Quick update. Taycan 4S now back from its 60K miles service. As expected nothing needed doing. After 60K miles the brake pads are 15% worn at front and 30% worn at rear. Certainly no need of replacement! They were fine not renewing the brake fluid given it had just been refreshed with new hoses...

And one footnote. After a very long time, Porsche Colchester replied with an idential quote: "The 60000 mile service is £366.58 inc VAT." So at least some of them have the same prices!

Another reason not to renew my warranty... Anyway I've booked into Mid-Sussex Porsche. £366 sounds pretty reasonable to me!

Yes I think replacement pads is questionable even at 6 years. They're not getting any real wear because of regen. Do pads on Porsches disintegrate after 6 years? I doubt it. Latest quotes: Guidford Porsche Centre says this: "I can confirm Porsche Guildford Centre is part of Porsche Retail...

I got the car 14 months ago with most of the miles on it (from a commuter who never drove it hard, just often). The remaining Porsche warranty didn't transfer so they gave me a third party one, now expired. I've had the car very thoroughly checked over and apart from a software issue, now...

Latest update: after some prodding my local Porsche centre, they changed their mind about new brake pads. "I have done some further checks into the brake pad replacement advise & have been informed that this is due on a time front & not mileage, so your pads are ok for another 2 years." So far...

Thanks for this. Yes I'm shopping around. Very few independent places in UK do Taycan servicing near me but I'll report what I find. One Porsche Centre seems to think I still need the new brake fluid, saying: "I can confirm the brake fluid will still be required at your service interval. The...

My 2020 Taycan 4S is 59K miles and asking for its service. I'm now out of warranty. My local Porsche centre is quoting me £1877. Ouch. This seems to be for 1 new filter, a discounted brake fluid replacement (they only just redid the hoses) and some window cleaner. Oh, and a full set of new brake...

The cynicism is remarkable but misplaced. And I got no loaner vehicle at all! Here's what they did (and the tech guy said he'd updated even more than this but they forgot to note it all down)...

Well I've gotta say I don't give a rats behind if it's J1 or J1.2. There seems to be some debate here about whether all the underlying hardware is different or not - I have no idea. The bottom line is that there is a whole suite of "2025 firmware updates" according to Porsche Technical - not my...

Dunno. Seems to me you're still confusing PCM with underlying control modules. I have a 2023 PCM. I have 2025 Taycan battery management, steering, PSM, and a bunch of other stuff. Porsche Technical got the local Porsche centre to do this as an experiment to try and fix my bizarre battery issues...

My Porsche centre picked me up in a brand new "2025 Taycan" to take me to get my vehicle. They are the ones who used the words "your car has had its systems updated to 2025 Taycan software". Basically - according to them - my vehicle has jumped the queue on a lot of systems and is running...

Yes exactly. I think a lot of people here are getting confused about what can be updated. My PCM is now 2023. But battery management, psm, steering etc - according to Porsche- are now running 2025 model software. Perhaps firmware is the right word. That’s why it may look familiar but it drives...

It was plenty frustrating I can tell you. I’d been telling them there was a problem since June. Also sounds like updating was not straightforward for them - many hours of work, plus extensive testing afterwards. I love the car but it’s very clear we’re still in the early stages of this...